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The benevolent banner. [volume] (North Topeka, Kan.) 1887-18??, 1887-06-11
JUNE.

o June! delicious month Of June!
When winds and birds all sing in tune;
When in the meadows swarm the bees
And hum their drowsy melodies
While pillaging the buttercup,
To store the golden honey up;
o Junel the month of bluest skies,
Dear to the pilgrim butterflies,
Who seem gay colored leaves astray'
Blown down the tides of amber day;
0 June! the month Of merry song
Of shadow brief, Of sunshine long;
All things on earth love you the best
The bird who carols near his nest;
The wind that wakes and, singing blows
The spicy perfume of the rose'
And bee, who sounds his mutf1ed norm
To celebrate the dewy morn;
And even all the stars above
At night are happier for love,
AS if the mellow notes of mirth
Were waited to them from the earth'
o June! such music haunts your name;
With YOU the summers chorus came!
frank Dempster Sherman, IN d
NICHOLAS for June.
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Lexington, KY. Items.

June. 6, 1887.
D. B. Carrot, Esq. N. Topeka,
Dear sir,
Yours of the 18th, inst, at hand
and contents duly noticed. was
Glad to hear from you, and also to
know that you are still in the benevo-
lent work, and may God speed you
on in the good cause. You wanted
to know if was still member OF
the Benevolent Society. Well, IN
answer to that | will say that | am a
member, and expect to die member
of the Benevolent Society. AS 1T
is the first institution that | joined.
Our State Convention meets at
Athens, just ten miles east of this
CITY. on the first Tuesday in Septem-
Der. Our State organization has
bought one hundred acres of land In
Montgomery Co., near Mt, Sterling,
and between the O. K N, and the
Union railroads; and have paid for 1t
and will build an orphans and
widows home, just as soon as suit
S able funds can be raised to do sc
" with. Iwould be glad to meet witt
you in your next convention
a A. w. Reed
to NIB. Union Benevolent Society
10 No. 2. Annual report showing tn
amount collected by monthly due
te and cemetery commencing Januar
lg LIST. 1886, due the treasurer $29,O
nd being an overdraw on 1885. Amour
he collected by monthly dues $53l,3'
as Amount collected from cemeter
ri $4,000, total amount collecte
IL. S1O74.35, total paid out, $lO52'0'
L. balance on hand, $21,48.
RS. Names of deceased, Martha Jones
IDS Emily Redd, Anna Phillips, Kat
da Graves, Palace Crittendon, Mary
Davis, Mary Fisher, Henry Field
ed Sampson Byrd. Alfred Ramse
ich president; A. w. Redd, Sec'y.
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Leavenworth Items.

There was said to be ten thousand
visitors in the city Monday, May
Both to witness the decoration ofthe
graves of the old veterans.
Miss Julia G. Washington has
returned home after spending a few
days of pleasure in Kansas City,
Rev. ]. II. Bradshaw paid US
Aving visit Tuesday and returned to
Argentine Wednesday morning to
attend church affairs.
While papa forgot to lock the gate
Mr. Mat Clark, one of our leading
young gentlemen, slipped in and
stole Miss Lizzie Bird, one OF the
leading bellies of Leavenworth' was
| Joined in the holy bonds of matrl-
monv at the residence Of Rev. L. IL.
Ewing, Sunday, May 9th, Rev. L.
H. Ewing officiating. Mr.. and Mrs
Clark will receive their many friends
at the residence Of Mrs Lucinda
Clark mother of the groom.
| Mr.. Larkin Debon has completed
his residence on Usage street which
speaks we'll for the colored race
Would that there were more such
edi6ces going up.
Sargent and Mrs. John Green O
t the Fort set lunch Monday for Mrs
Alice Bush, Mrs. Richardson, Rev
and Mrs T. II. Ewing and son.
, I noticed among the divines visit
: ing the memorial services Decoration
$ dav was Revs. A. B. b. Turner
John Emery, A. Hany, }. W. Cruf
hon. G. O. Smith, 7. II. Ewing.
" Good for nothing club no. ., give
a a paper dress parade festival Jun
: LIST. at the second Baptist churc
hall Miss Sadie Obanien preslden
) Miss Sadie is a good worker.
Sc scriptoral no. 3, gave their Tue
y day evening lunch last evening
= the residence of Mrs. l. 6. Ora
ar prepared by her hospltable han'
Mrs. Obanion, Mrs. Robert Johnso
h Mrs. Mrcus Calonese. We will new
le leaye the club as long as we can 9
u such grub as that.
!" Mrs. I. II. Ewing, Pres.
or. Mrs. G. 0. Smith is indispos
I'm this week, also Mrs. Hattie Dav
nd f. IL. 7.
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How Workingmen Live in 1tay'

The assertion is often made thaC
what an American housewife wastes
or throws away as worthless would
in Europe be preserved, converted
into nutritious food, and made to
support an entire family. Whether
this assertion is true or untrue, the
Question of how the worklngman
lives in Europe, as compared with
how he lives in America, is interest
ing. For year wore workman $
blouse, and mingled with the work
ingmen Of nearly every state in Eu-
rope from Gibraltar to the BoSphOruS
and from the Mediterranean to the
cold shores Of the Baltic. Since my
return to America / have engaged IN
similar investigation as to the con-
dition of the wage earners Of my own
land.
The cost Of living is greater IN
America than in any state in Europe.
It is ten to twenty per cent higher
than in England; it is twice as high
as in France; it is three times as ex-
pensive as in Italy. Is this difference
in the cost of living commensurate
with the difference in wages? Pos
siSly in England; on the Continon
| should say, decidedly, the low cost
of living does not fully compensate S9;
for the low wages received. Th'
European workingman manages t
exist by reducing the standard OF liV
ing, and buying only such articles a
are absolutely necessary. There ar
men in Italy who earn but seven cent
for a days work Of fourteen hours
one-half a cent an hour. Very fe'
skilled mechanics earn as much as
dollar a day; the average does not ez
coed fifty cents. The Italian M
chanic manages to get through Q
thissum, partly because Of the CHEAP
ness of living, and principally becau
Of his wonderful economy and hapI
disposition, that enable him to be sa
is6ed and contented with conditlC
at which even an American begg
would rebel. :.
There is no waste in Italian kite
ems. not even in the kitchens Of Il
rich. The refuse Of the rich mar
kitchen is carefully stored by the co
and sold to dealers in ''second-ha
food, who in turn retail it to the poo
This perquisite forms quite an ltf
in the cooks income lie dries a
sells the coffee grounds used in
masters coffee; he saves the dripplr
of the oil in which the fish are tr
or the macaroni is cook ed, lays
the shavings and dripping from
candles, and for these and SIM
small odds and ends receives at le
three OF four lire(sixty or eigl
cents) a month. The markets VIII
these articles are sold are usually
the Piazza, or open square, found
all Italian cities. From one and
same vender may be purchased
most auy article, from picked
cumber to a rusty sword. The \
ket-man squats on the broad, smC
stones Of the Piazza, with his .g'
piled around him, old clothes, NJ
secondhand food, dried co
grounds, candle ends and drippl
tools, knives and forks, rusty
bed-steads, and a host of other art
too numerous to mention. 1t Is
such sources that the econon
Italian housewife obtains her
visions, her clothing, and her II
ture.
The average rent paid by the
ian workingman for his room,
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TnE WESTERN BAPTIST an eight
page weekly paper, will be sent to
any new subscriber until January,
1883 for 30 cents. Address Holt y
Vail, 116 East 7th street, Topeka,
Kansas.
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Ross vile Items

Dear Editor, please allow space IN
your excellent paper to give few
of the important items OF our pro-
gress.
First, l am glad to say that 1t
affords me great pleasure to know
that some of our people have thought
in the right direction at last. God
GRANT that the BENEVOLENT BANNER
may be so extensively circulated as
to reach every colored house through
out the U. S. Enclosed you will find
$3.50 for the BANNER for six months
each. Mrs Clara Grooms, Mrs Hattie
Clardy, Mrs Harriet Rickm. | shall
send you few more next week.
Our progress is great. When l ar
rived we had no church, no pulpit; t
day we are doing we'll.
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My congregation averages, with
both white and black, from y to
1875. We have raised since Nov.
1886, $147,OO. l have worked also
at Silver Lake and st. Marys. The
church has raised $125.00; have also
built a church 20x30, and are now
putting on the cover We lack
$500.
J. IL. Thompson, Pastor
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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-09-10

Our readers, even the citizens 0
GAINESVILLE, are not all, perhaps,
aware that there il quietly, steadily,
but rapidly and surely, growing up
in our mibst an industry which
promises to attain to large proper
tions, and to become an import fac
tor, in the future prosperity OF of our
city. We allude to the factory CT Mr..
A. III. Patch, at the old McReynolds
stand, where that gentlemen Is man
ufacturing-a patent corn-sheller and
separator which Is SO rapidly coming
into popularity that even in the pre-
sent scarcity of corn, he finds 1t diff
ficult to supply the demand for the
shelter. 1t is cheap and convenient
but rapid and thorough hand corn
shelter which answers all the or
binary purposes on farm, and which
can be offered at price which is
mere song compare with that of the
larger shelters, say from $500 to $3.50.
Three hundred were sold in August,
and he is preparing to make one
thousand in the present month. Mr.
p. has agents in half dozen other
States besides Tennesse, and these
agencies are increasing every day as
there Is rapidly increasing demand
for the machine founded on its in
trinsic merits. Mr.. Patch Is an old
citizen long connected with the man.
ufacture of machinery in GAINESVILLE,
understands it thoroughly, and his
friends will be proud to learn of his
growing success and prosperity.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-09-10
Obituary.
OLD MAN.

Mrs. Angelina Patrick, Daughter OF John
and Mary McCauley, was born Dec. 18th, 1920,
professed religion and Joined the church
when but child. was married to James H.
Patrick, Feb. 9th. 1910, died Sept. 9Th, 1887.
For this good woman death had no terror.
She had long been a faithful servant Of God,
and died trusting in the Lord. She was the
mother of large family of children, these
with her worthy and faithful husband min
istered TO her tenderly 10 the last. When
she felt that she was near the crossing of
Jordan, she said "all is WE'LL" and quietly
and trustfully fell on sleep.
On the 9th day of September the body of
Sister Patriot was followed to its last resting
place, near Bethel Church, in Montgomery
county, Tenn, by large number OF sorrow
ing friends. So she had requested that no
funeral sermon be prerched, simply the
burial service of the Methodist church, OF
which she had been so long a member, was
used. Her pastor, the Rev. Geo. L. Beale, the
Rev. o. q. Halliburton aud the writer par
ticipated In the service. j. w. HILL.
Sept. I, 1887.
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ClaIksvl||s Tobacco Market


CLARKsvfDLE. TENN. sept. s. 1887.
Our Warehousenen say that tobacco Is
very cheap At present prices. and Is bound 10
sell much higher later on. and therefore are
quite indisposed 10 press their frisnds stocks
on the market, and therefore while they
could well sell 1900 hhds weekly, have cut
down their offerings TO about half OF that
amount, and the sales this week. even ON an
active market at higher prices, will probably
not reach 800 hhds. The dry weather con-
tinues, injuring the crop, lessening its
weight, and delaying Its growth, until an
other frost danger looms upon the horizon.
Foreign markets are watching the course Of
prices In the Western market, taking them
as correct barometer OF the true situation In
the field. aud a continued advance would
now be followed In continental markets,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-09-10
Syrup OF Figs.

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup Co, San Francisco, CAL, is
Natures Own true Laxative. 1t is the
most easily taken and the most pleas
antly effective remedy known to CLEANSE
the system when bilious or costive; TO
dispel headaches, colds and fevers; 10
cure habitual constipation, indigestion,
etc. For sale in 80 cents and 81 90
bottles by all leading druggist.
Dec % ly
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-09-10
Erin Items.
To the CHkoNloLE:

To the CHRONICLE;
DIR. Scott, of Cumberland city OBJ
tanned marriage license, from our
Clerk on last Monday, and was mar
ried to Miss Helen HOLSTER. Rev.
Mr.. G.. s. Gahard officiating.
Another child, of the Mr.. Buc-
hanan, whose house burnt last week,
died Tuesday. Mrs. B. and the
other injured children are expected
to recover Their pecuniary loss has
been fully repaired.
Those sensational stories about
three sadd 'es, valise and clothes
being found in the bushes six or sew
en- miles from Erin near the road
leading to Dover was mainly false.
Careful inquiry develops, that one
mans saddle was found last April in
the woods referred to above, for
Wl'ch no owner has been found,
no hing else found in that locality
this year. Mr.. III. French did about
one and a half years ago find pair
of drawers while hunting cattle,
Daniel Mcmillan living near Erin
three or four years ago found a sad
die and hat in the woods, the owner
had got on .'s.spree" and lost them.
The saddle was returned to the owner
and the hat accounted for. The APP
prehensions for foul play, in the
minds of people lately, seems to have
subsidized since the facts as given
above developed themselves.
Some of Joe. Mulhatten's relations
may have been concerned in former
reports. Since Monday Prohibitions
has been discussed more, than, for
several weeks past. The speaking
by Rev. ID. A. Brigham, senator
MEDIEVAL author of the bill and Law
yer Sloan, aroused interest which
continues unabated.
Senator Fort, of Robertson and
Stacker Taylor of Henry, are expect
ed to speak here on the 10th. a
good crowd is exdected.
! The Court House was well filled
last Monday.
The wife of Mr. Floyd Ingram will
her two little boys left for Cincinnati
and Louisville visiting friends ant
relatives.
Miss Stella, daughter of Mr.. Ed
Partridge returned from a visit t
Paris recently.
Messrs 4. A. Bunnell and j. Nj
i Newberry, were in town today.
II. NJ. Eccles was here today, an,
: the festive drummer as usual.
Sept, sth, 1857.
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Peebles--siaushter.
To the Chronicle .

10 the ChrOnlcie.
II Mr.. PEBBLES and Squire Slaughter persist
In talking TO each other through the public
prints, they need not be surprised II some-
body else Joins In the conversation, so /
thought would make few remarks. And
lest my animus should be misunderstood;
would state that know one OF the gen.
tiemen quite slightly, and the other one not
at all and that on the Prohibition question
am more In sympathy with Mr.. PEBBLES
than Squire slaughter. Therefore / msy be
believed when say that am moved In this
matter only by love OF fairness. II seems
10 me that Mr.. PEBBLES has been guilty OF
what is known among orators and writer's as
''suppressio verl suggestio falsi." The charge
that lie made against Squire Slaughter about
the true bill +" was true as far as IL went,
but he suppressed the conclusion OF the
mattsT, and so suggested that Squire slaugh-
ter had been guilty OF selling liqaor without
q license. He may think that he Is not
responsible for the suggestion" but am
sure that he would not teach the uniformed
young minds under his charge that IL is good
morals TO create a wrong impression, even,
when II can be done without telling an
nntruth.
When a man makes a statement that is
perfectly true as far as II goes, but which is
likely TO create an erroneous impression, he
being Intelligent enough to see the tendency
erroneous impression, and do not wonder
at Squire slaughter's angry indignation.
Very truly yours,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-09-10
How Do You Do P
To the Chronicle:
LEWIS r. CLARK.


To the Chronicle:
When Prohibition excitement runs high.
when the weed was on the boom, the "Old
Man thought discretion The better part Of
yalor.
Now, after careful personal examination
of q the ciop " from Parsons Camp Ground,
In Logan county, KY, to Lafay cite, Christian
county, without hesitancy the acreage will
not exceed 40 per cent. The condition will
not give more than 80 per cent. product of
this low acreage. Let them brag as they will,
the Reggie contractors are short 10000 hhds.
The warehouses IN Spain are empty. Her
contract has been let at open figures with
instructions to buy.
Germany is growing buiiish. Austria still
clamors for fine grades. American man
ufacturers are on the still hunt for filling
Jugs What more could the holder wish /?
Nothing save low rate OF interest and a
stiff upper lip. The drouth aud the Clarks-
vile fire are alike +" blessings In disguise"
Tobacco will again assume a strong position,
and the producer of the future will be the
beneficiary of the 1887 short crop.
OLD MAN.
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Premature Crows.
Greensboro Inquirer.

Hopkinsville has voted aid to the
Ohio Valley railroad, and is jubilant
over the prospect of securing what it
calls the Ideal Route"
Hopkinsville should not crow too
soon. We haven't the least desire to
shake its confidence in the 0. V. road,
but we have learned that getting the
promise of a road and getting the
road itself are two very distinct
things.
Owensboro once vott d $4,000 to a
certain road. 1t was along time ago,
so long that many people, we fear,
have forgotten all about it. 1t was
solemnly promised us that as soon as
we voted this money, 1900 tons of
steel rails would be shipped here
from Cleveland or somewhere, 500
men would come here and go to
work, and that by January ], 1888,
we should have a railroad artery
draining fifty miles of country into
our streets.
The 1900 tons r'l 'r' still on
the way, unless they ne Iown
in one of the numerous rlilroa / acct
dents. The gang of hands never
showed up, and the railroad, after
worrying down this way all summer,
has finally got lost in the woods up
above town.
Railroad promises are "mighty
onsartin."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-09-10
stockholders Notice

NOTICE is hereby given to the
stockholders of the Paducah Land,
Coal and Iron Co. that two millions
of the capital stock in said company
have been sold and there will be a
general meeting of the stockholders
of said company on the first day of
October, 1887, at the Office of the COM
pany in Paducah, KY, at 10 o'clock
a. M, the object of which be will for
the stockholders, by resolution, to in
struct the board of directors as to the
slle or other disposition of the re-
maing one million of capital sto k in
said company and te fix the price Of
said stock, if ordered to be sold, and
to take such action as may seem pro.
per, in pursuance of Arti, lie of by
laws of said company.
w. w. POWELL, Sec'y.
Sept. 10, ids.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-09-10
Advice to Mothers

Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup for
children teething, is the prescription u
one OF the best female physicians and
nurses in the United States and has
been used for forty years with never
failing success by millions OF mothers
for their children. During the process
OF teething its value is incalculable. 1t
relieves the child from pain. cures dys-
EMERY and diarrhGa gripping in the
bowels and wind-colic. BY giving
health to the child it rests the mother.
Price 25c a bottle Dec %, 1y.
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APrerohsrs Of Prohibition"

To the Chronicle;
In some of my published articles I. have
used the terms " Preachers of Prohibition"
and as some may not have understood my
intentional meaning of the phrase as used,
will here make an explanation.
The words preachers of Prohibition as
used by me, were intended to apply only
to those persons (male or female) who have
engaged In making Prohibition speeches, and
not TO true ministers of the gospel, or Others
for opinion y sake, or because of their p:iuate
advocacy for the doctrine of Prohibition. OF
course, when q minister of the gospel quit
his divine mission for the purpose of making
Prohibition speeches he was then, for the
time being, a preacher OF Prohibition In &C.
cordance with my Intentional meaning of
the term.
But when he ceases TO make this satanic
LEY his p inciple su e for discus an |
goes back 10 his proper calling, he becomes
again what he was commissioned to be, a
preacher of the gospel.
In accordance with standard authority the
meaning of the word preacher is zone who
discourses," a proclaimer or an exponder
zone who inculcaies anything with earnest
ness" either OF a political or non-political
nature.
Although the word preacher" is with us
most generally applied to ministers OF the
gospel, It may be properly used, and is often
used, as 1t was my intention to use IL in con
nection Win proclaimerr, or expounders o.
political or any other doctrine than that o
Christianity.
In this connection wish to state plainly
that / have too much respect for theil
sacred calling, TO speak irreverenuy In any
manner of true gospel ministers. and will
not knowingly do 50, but when one forsakes
his noble and sacred calling, aud puts OF
political robes, then he becomes as othel
politicians, (only little more SOL a proper
subject for criticism.
Whilst fully acknowledge their just right
as citizens, to an opinion upon any question
either political, or other wise, and also thei
right to express these opinions, and to vot
as they choose, yet de- not think that the,
have either the moral, or c1nstitut ma
right to forsake, even for specified time
their Ministerial, or Christian duties in tn
interest of any politich measure. And an
certain that there are many true ministers
the gospel who will agree with me- on tht
point.
From childhood up have been taught 4
revere. aud respect ministers Of the gospel
and their calling. aud also two other thing
equally as much.
one of these is the great and Holy Book {
life. Containing the laws of God and HI
sacr,d promises Of love, aud peace la
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Isuckleu,s AruIca sa,ye.

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Bruises, Sores Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains Corns. and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or nc
pay required. 1t is guaranteed 10 give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
price 25 cents per box. For sale by
owen & Moore.
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future life. and the other Is the Americ m
Constitution With It's guaranty OF personal
liberty for every freeman Ia this.
Both OF these are regarded as sacred things
With no desire FOR war, Will make The best
fght can bsfore surrendering all hope In
the ability OF either to fully and faithfully
fulfil their trust. Yours truly. CHS.
st. Bethlehem, Tenn, Sept. 7th 81.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-09-10

Miss SALLIE HowARD's school for
girls and small boys will reopen
August 18th 1887. Terms of tuition,
from twelve to twenty dollars per
session of twenty weeks. Deduction
made only in cases of prOtracted i'll
ness. II.